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Old 07-02-09, 17:07
NickW909 NickW909 is offline
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Turbulance Stopper?

Here's the panel I've fitted to see if it stops some of the turbulant air coming up through the hole around the forks. I tried ther bike with a cardboard panel before and it seemed to make a difference, haven't tried the new version yet.......






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Old 07-02-09, 17:42
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Now that's a very neat and professional looking job Nick!

Let us know results as soon as you've road tested it.

Just one thing ...... if it IS as simple a cure as that, why haven't Yamaha done it?
Just mind it doesn't affect (or is it effect?)the handling when you are road testing.

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Old 07-02-09, 17:47
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It certainly isn't THE answer to the turbulance, but the cardboard one I tried did appear to make a difference.

Don't think Yamaha have done it because for 90% of the time theres not a problem (for me anyway), the only time I felt it was +60mph.

Don't think you do +60mph much arcoss the Atlas mountains?????




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Old 09-02-09, 22:43
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yer but you've got to get there within your 2 week holiday
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Old 09-02-09, 22:46
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Wanna see some test results. =)

Wonder what happens if you place a similar construction behind the fork and really plug it..
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Old 10-02-09, 09:05
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Absolutely gorgeous Nick !!!

I think you'd make a few bobs if you'd decide to sell a few
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Old 10-02-09, 10:31
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That looks very nicely done indeed. As someone who has been fighting the turbulence from day one I would certainly be interested in one should they come on sale.
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Old 10-02-09, 11:21
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I'm not sure if I should call the company TouraNick or NickaTech....what do you think?


Serioulsy, I haven't fully tested it yet, but I'm quite sure it makes a difference and they are very easy to make.

I got a piece of 3mm Polycorbonate from ebay and make some aluminium brackets.

The plastic pieces that hold the indicators have an inside and an outside, I separated these and drilled the holes for the brackest in the inside sections, so that if I take the brackets off then there wont be any visibility from the ouside that anything was done.

I then shaped the polycorbonate to fit into the gap making sure it didn't foul the forks.



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Old 10-02-09, 11:47
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Lite front end ??

Nick,
Have you tried this with any luggage on the back of the bike ? Just looking at the angle of the front, and the fair sized air damm you've made (very well I might add) I was wondering if this has made the bike lite at the front when travelling at speed, with luggage. The bike is already ar$e heavy when loaded, I could be wrong - but though I'd ask anyway.

I considered a similar device, only mounted on the forks, but mine was to stop the jet of water that comes up there when traversing deep crossings. I had the concerns mentioned above so never progressed it.

PS - Touratech already make these for some other bikes, they call them Yolk Protectors
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Old 10-02-09, 12:10
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Nick,
Have you tried this with any luggage on the back of the bike ? Just looking at the angle of the front, and the fair sized air damm you've made (very well I might add) I was wondering if this has made the bike lite at the front when travelling at speed, with luggage. The bike is already ar$e heavy when loaded, I could be wrong - but though I'd ask anyway.

I considered a similar device, only mounted on the forks, but mine was to stop the jet of water that comes up there when traversing deep crossings. I had the concerns mentioned above so never progressed it.

PS - Touratech already make these for some other bikes, they call them Yolk Protectors

I haven't tried it with luggage, but I don't see it making any noticable difference. The area of the panel is not that big to provide any 'lift' at the front, maybe if you were doing 150mph you might see a problem, but 150mph on the Z would only be achieved over the edge of a cliff and then the 'lift' might be just what you need......... ;-)



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